Posts From Jeff Tamarkin
Hugh Masekela, Jazz Trumpet Great: Unlikely Pop Star
The “Father of South African jazz” appeared at Monterey Pop, recorded with the Byrds, scored a #1 pop single and toured with Paul Simon.
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17 #1 Hits Worse Than ‘We Built This City’
That mid-’80s Starship hit perennially tops lists of the worst chart-toppers ever. It’s bad, we agree, but we’ve found others that are even worse
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13 More ‘Lost’ British Invasion Hits of the ’60s
Not all of the big British Invasion hits were by legends like the Beatles and the Stones. We look back at other great tunes you may (or may not) remember.
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John Sinclair—Activist, Writer, Manager of MC5, Subject of Lennon Song—Dead at 82
The counterculture hero was the subject of a song written and recorded by John Lennon
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Leon Russell Talks His Career and Collaborations
In our extensive 2014 interview, the musician talks about the genius of Brian Wilson, and his work with Joe Cocker, George Harrison, Elton John and others.
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New Book Celebrates Trouser Press Music Mag’s 50th Anniversary
“We called ourselves ‘the alternative to the alternative alternatives,'” says co-founder Ira Robbins.
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Herb Alpert Interview: Still Trying to Reach the Promised Land
For a while, in the mid-’60s, he was outselling the Beatles with his group the Tijuana Brass. Now in his late 80s, he still goes to work every day.
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John Sebastian Interview: Recapturing the Lovin’ Spoonful ‘Magic’
After refusing to re-record his old hits with the Lovin’ Spoonful for decades, John Sebastian did just that with guitarist Arlen Roth. He tells us why.
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Mike Bloomfield & the Electric Flag: Long Time Comin’
He was an American guitar hero before there was such a thing. In 1967 he put together a new but short-lived band that combined blues, soul and rock.
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Beatles Documentary, ‘Eight Days a Week’: Review
The 2016 film is “a nonstop rush of adrenaline, a comfort-food feast of melodic guitars and impeccable harmonies, unbridled creativity and boundless artistic determination, cheeky wit and newness and wonder and youth. And screams—lots of screams.”
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